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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 144609, member: 39&quot;]Taiwan is IMO a different story; it is a member of APEC and the WTO and a couple of other international organizations. At least officially neither Beijing nor Taipei consider the PRC and Taiwan to be two separate countries.</p><p><br /></p><p>No, a country does not necessarily have to be recognized by any other country in order to be a country. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Think of Transnistria for example - if some local authority there issues coins which are used/accepted by the population, who would say that such pieces are not actually coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>As for this Hutt River Province, well, if a country with a population of about 20 needs postal stamps, bank notes and coins, why not. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; And if somebody wants to collect them ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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